How to avoid burnout? October 11, 2007
Posted by Han in : Life's Challenge , trackbackHaving just avoided burnout, here’s my guide how to do it.
1) Ask who’s the boogey man? Find out what’s causing that feeling. There could be several reasons 1) Persevering in things that are meaningless 2) Setbacks in the goals that are important. 3) Doing too many things thinking every single thing is of priority ..4) External issues causing relationship problems and stress etc.
2) Stop now! Not tomorrow, Not soon. Avoiding burnout is more important than the not so important things you are still doing. Once you are fully burned out, its no joke. So stop immediately!
3) Take a serious break. Not a half hearted one. Even though it was just 3 days but I’ve never taken such a long break before without going out of the country. And that 3 days is amazing.
4) Listen! Yes, in such a state, know God is reaching out to you. He will speak if you will listen. Rest is not enough. A getaway isn’t going to be the stand alone solution. Listen to what God is speaking through scripture, through the people you are accountable to and through what is happening. When you get it. Everything about feeling burnout will make sense.
5) Ditch things that aren’t important but restore your dream fully. Yeah streamline some things you are doing, ditch some that is not in line with what you are meant to do, change your thinking pattern. Let go and do whatever you do, its so that you can restore your dream fully.
6) If your dream cannot be restore fully. Look towards God for refinement of that dream. Don’t proceed until you have restored your dream fully. If you never had a dream. You are doing too many irrelevant things. It’s not going to work, start dreaming!
7) Lastly, you need to have someone to talk to if you need to talk! Talk to your closest friend who can give you a listening ear and some (only some) good counsel….. it may release you or it may cause you harm. It really depending on if you need to talk.
If everything else fails, stay humble and meditate upon this verse “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” (1 Peter 5:5) and go back to 4) and try again.
Article taken from Rags Studio.
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though i`m not a psychologist nor a psychiatrist, i believe burnout is a resulting event of too much intrigue and conflict in work, or non-recognition of one`s effort or self-motivation.
To avoid burnout, work with no expectation of recognition or material return, as long as you have been true to yourself and you have done your best…for the good of mankind and for HIM!
wow - im so deeply blessed with what you’ve shared ^ ^ thanks for sharing!
Han, great post, thanks! I agree with your points and I think it’s very important to stop and take a break to clear one’s mind and see other ways.